Antal International is a global recruitment service firm, (www.antal.com) starts from 1992, headquarter in London. 145 offices in more than 35 countries covering 5 continents, more than 2000 consultants today.

Discover an unparalleled career opportunity from our client,

• It is a pioneering force in innovative materials and green chemistry
• Founded in 2018, our client has emerged as a leader in the field, leveraging over 10 years of research and development at CNRS.
• Winner of the 2021 I-Lab Grand Prize and a participant in the 2022 French economic recovery program "APP France Relance,"
• on the brink of an ambitious scale-up, industrializing graphene production at the largest European scale.
• With a commitment to sustainability, they developed a revolutionary formula, producing the most eco-friendly and responsible graphene. Recognizing graphene's limitless potential, discovered in 2004, aims to enhance competitiveness, contribute to industry decarbonization, and achieve significant energy savings.
• Committed to sustainable innovation, they envision a future where industry decarbonization is not just a goal but a reality, creating value and improving performance while fostering a better, more sustainable world.
• The ambitious goal is to become a world leader in graphene production by 2030, solidifying our position as a key strategic industrial player.

Our client is is looking for Sales-BD Manager - Conductive Inks, required a dynamic personality customer oriented with a solid Technical and commercial background.

The successful candidate will need to have tenacity to maintain this on a long-term basis. Therefore, it is important that the candidate shows capability to use his/her own initiative and work independently.

Hunting and developing longer-term customer relationships will make the difference, altogether with a positive, and open mindset to thrive for Commercial Excellence. Convincing presentation skills to Clients, Sales methodology Training and Commitment will drive the Sales Team’s efforts.

The successful candidate will be expected to have with technical knowledge in printing process (Digital, Serigraphy, Sublimation, Flexo, typo, offset…)  for the PCB, printing electronics sectors in France and all EU. 

Main Missions and Responsibilities

• Develop and implement action plan to the design, testing and introduction of new product range, focused on mainly conductive Inks and associated applications markets.
• New market, new customers acquisition – Business development- Hunting and Capturing Sales
• Contribute to product design and development - New product approvals/launch -
• Product management, Marketing planning - Go-to-Market.
• Implement action plan to introduce new product range, focus on coating/Inks market.
• Engage internal skills and expertise to support customer demands.
• Forecast and reporting opportunities for futures Key accounts.
• Proactive on new development/Pipeline and customer needs in collaboration with internal Technical/R&D department.
• Contribute to marketing and communication efforts – Participate to exhibition/Fairs.

Qualification requirement:

• Engineer in Materials/relevant major with previous commercial experience preferably with strong knowledge of nanomaterials and product development
• 3-5 years commercial experience in conductive inks/adhesives.
• Good technical background in printing process (Digital, Serigraphy, Sublimation, Flexo, typo, offset…)
• Experience in implementing Conductive Ink (Heating Film) would be a real plus.
• A record of successful new product / New customer acquisition - “Hunter”
• Customer/Result oriented
• English fluent both oral and written
• Willingness to travel mostly in France and EU, up to 40%